With Moldova facing a critical EU membership public referendum and presidential elections on October 20, the country’s Western development partners gathered in Chisinau for the fifth ministerial conference of the Moldova Support Platform to confirm their support for the former Soviet republic that is moving towards European Union membership. Several agreements were concluded with the governments of Canada, the US, France, Switzerland, Germany, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) for a total amount of 385mn including €305mn of loans…